Naomi Judd of The Judds died at age 76 on Saturday, April 30, simply sooner or later earlier than the nation music duo was scheduled to be inducted into the Nation Music Corridor of Fame.
Regardless of Judd’s passing, Billboard experiences that the induction ceremony on Sunday, Might 1 will proceed as deliberate, per directions from the household.
The late singer’s daughter, Wynonna Judd, is predicted to attend.
“We’re shocked and saddened to study of the loss of life of Naomi Judd, who enters the Nation Music Corridor of Fame tomorrow as a member of mother-daughter duo The Judds,” mentioned Kyle Younger, CEO of the Nation Music Corridor of Fame and Museum, in an announcement.
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“Naomi overcame unbelievable adversity on her option to a big place in music historical past,” Younger added. “Her triumphant life story overshadows in the present day’s tragic information. Her household has requested that we proceed with The Judds’ official Corridor of Fame induction on Sunday. We are going to accomplish that, with heavy hearts and weighted minds. Naomi and daughter Wynonna’s music will endure.”
In accordance with Billboard, the pink carpet arrivals that had been initially deliberate for the ceremony have been cancelled.
In an announcement issued to The Related Press, Wynonna Judd and sister Ashley Judd indicated that the reason for loss of life was “the illness of psychological sickness.”
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The Judds had beforehand introduced a fall tour, which might have been the duo’s first in additional than decade.